John Wayne / filmography

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John Wayne as a civilian in uniform during a visit by the US forces to Australia in 1943

John Wayne's filmography names the films in which the film actor John Wayne has starred. In his 50-year film career, he has appeared in more than 160 films. With a few exceptions, mostly at the beginning of his career, he played the leading role . In the Guinness Book of Records he is listed as the actor with the most leading roles (142). Mostly before 1930 he was involved in a number of films that cannot be precisely determined as an extra , in roles in which he is partly not recognizable in the film. He is named in the credits for 144 films .

In 1926 he first appeared in front of the camera as an extra. In 1930 he had a leading role for the first time in the western The Great Trek . In the 1930s he worked, mostly as a leading actor, in around 60  B-films . In 1939 he achieved his breakthrough as a top star with the leading role in the western Ringo . From then on, until his last film in 1976, The Last Sniper , he was featured in the credits in various genres, with one exception. He has often appeared in westerns , war and adventure films.

Explanation

John Wayne in 1961
  • Year: Calls the year in which the film first appeared.
  • German title: gives the German title of the film. Some films never appeared in Germany. Some have different titles. These are marked with a) , b) , c) and d) .
  • Original title: gives the original title of the film. Some have different titles. These are marked with a) , b) , c) and d) .
  • Director: Name the director of the film.
  • Genre: Identifies the genre of the film ( western , war film , adventure film , propaganda film , comedy or drama ).
  • Min .: States the original length of the film in the theatrical version in minutes. Some films were later cut, sometimes only for German film distributors. Movies have 24  frames per second. On television or on DVD, films are shown in the phase alternating line system (PAL) with 25 full frames per second, see PAL acceleration . As a result, the running time of the films on television is four percent shorter than in the cinema, which means a running time of 96 minutes on television with a cinema running time of 100 minutes.
  • Credit : States whether John Wayne is featured in the film in the opening and / or closing credits (Yes), or not (No).
  • Role: Outlines the role of John Wayne. Further information on the film can be found under Note .

Movies

contents 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
year German title Original title Director genre Min. Credit role
1920s
1926 No German title Brown of Harvard Jack Conway drama 85 No Football player

Note:
John Wayne's first film

1926 a) Gallows wedding
b) The Gallows Count
Bardelys the Magnificent King Vidor drama 90 No Extras
1926 Robbers of the King's Gorge The Great K&A Train Robbery Lewis Seiler Western film 53 No Extras
1927 Annie Laurie - A hero song from the highlands Annie Laurie John S. Robertson drama 99 No Extras
1927 Reluctant womanizer The drop kick Millard Webb drama 68 No Football team player
1928 No German title Mother Machree John Ford drama 76 No Extras
1928 Four sons Four Sons John Ford drama 96 No Extra, first film with director Ford
1928 No German title Hangman's House John Ford drama 71 No Spectators at a horse race in four settings
1929 a) The drama of the Flood
b) Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark Michael Curtiz drama 108 No Extra in a flood sequence
1929 No German title Speakeasy Benja Stoloff drama 64 No Extras
1929 a) The black guard
b) India in flames
The Black Watch John Ford drama 94 No Extras
1929 No German title Words and Music James Tinling comedy 65 Yes Pete Donahue, a young musical composer who wants to win first prize in a composition competition and the leading actress of the musical, where he has to outdo a rival composer.

Note:
John Wayne's first film, in which he is named as Duke Morrison in the opening and / or closing credits. It was only in the movie The Great Trek that he took his stage name John Wayne.

1929 Cadets at sea Salute John Ford drama 84 No Football players in the crucial match between West Point Military Academy and Annapolis Naval Academy
1929 No German title The Forward Pass Eddie Cline drama 81 No Extras
1930s
1930 a) U 13
b) The sinking of US 13
Men Without Women John Ford drama 77 No Radio operator on an American submarine that sinks in the engine room due to an explosion
1930 No German title Born Reckless Andrew Bennison drama 77 No Extras
1930 Murder in Alaska Rough romance AF Erickson Western film 54 No Poker players in a saloon scene
1930 No German title Cheer Up and Smile Sidney Lanfield comedy 64 No In a saloon scene in a film from the college and show milieu
1930 The big trek The Big Trail Raoul Walsh Western film 158  Yes Breck Coleman, a young scout leading a trek from Missouri on the Oregon Trail west to California and Oregon, exposing a fellow traveler as his friend's long-wanted killer

Note:
First starring John Wayne in a two million US dollars expensive production of 20th Century Fox . The film became a business failure despite good reviews.

1931 No German title Girls Demand Excitement Seymor Felix comedy 67 Yes Peter Brooks as a college men's basketball team captain who falls in love with the women's basketball team leader
1931 No German title Three Girls Lost Sidney Lanfield Western film 72 Yes The architect Gordon Wales falls in love with a woman who turns out to be greedy and involved in criminal activities. He is betrayed by her. When she is killed by her criminal friend, Wales comes under suspicion. However, he can prove his innocence and becomes happy with another woman.
1931 Arizona a) Men Are Like That
b) Arizona
George B. Seitz drama 67 Yes Bob Denton, a United States Military Academy cadet with a reputation for being a good football player and a womanizer. In Arizona he meets a girl he had previously abandoned as the wife of his superior and is happy with her sister.
1931 The rancher feud Range Feud D. Ross Lederman Western film 58 Yes Clint Turner, stepbrother of a rancher, his father's mortal enemy, of whose murder he is accused. When he finds the real culprit, he barely escapes the gallows.
1931 No German title The deceiver Louis King Mystery film 68 No Double of the main actor as dead
1931 No German title Maker of Men Edward Sedgwick drama 69 Yes Dusty Rhodes, American university football player who has suffered one loss after another for two years; he brings up the coach's son, also a player, as a coward and weakling.
1932 Shadow of the Eagle
(twelve-part series)
Shadow of the Eagle Ford Beebe adventure 219 Yes Craig McCoy, traveling circus artist and veteran pilot who returns stolen plans for an aeronautical invention to his ringmaster, suspected of being a mysterious criminal

Note:
One of three Mascot Pictures Corporation serials starring John Wayne. These are twelve sequels of around 20 minutes each, which were shown individually in the cinema before the main film.

1932 No German title Texas Cyclone D. Ross Lederman Western film 57 Yes Steve Pickett, colleague and friend of a cowboy who was missing five years, has lost his memory, and can remember everything after a shooting with a head wound
1932 No German title Two-Fisted Law D. Ross Lederman Western film 57 Yes Duke, a rancher's cowboy who is robbed of his property by fraudsters
1932 a) Who is right here?
b) The man of steel
Lady and Gent Stephen Roberts drama 86 Yes Buzz Kinney, a young prize boxer who defeats a formerly famous boxer in a fight
1932 Hurricane Express
(twelve-part series)
Hurricane Express Armand Schaefer adventure 226 Yes Larry Baker, airline pilot who brings down a railroad bomber and a mysterious master criminal
1932 The Hawk Ride Him, cowboy Fred Allen Western film 55 Yes John Drury, a cowboy who saves an intelligent and skilled horse from death that is said to have almost killed a man. The horse helps him unmask a murderer who is terrorizing the area, and he himself comes under suspicion of murder.
1932 The big stampede The Big Stampede Tenny Wright Western film 53 Yes John Steele, deputy sheriff hunted down a rancher who is terrorizing the area with a gang of horse thieves
1932 No German title That's my boy Roy William Neill comedy 71 No Football player
1932 Hunted gold Haunted gold Mack V. Wright Western film 58 Yes John Mason, cowboy and mine owner who, after receiving a mysterious letter, has to assert himself with a woman against criminals who are looking for gold in an old gold mine. In addition, the two are dealing with a mysterious invisible person.
1933 High wolf The Telegraph Trail Tenny Wright Western film 54 Yes John Trent, Army Scout, who volunteered to help build the first telegraph link through the West and had bloody battles with the Indians
1933 The way into the unknown Central Airport William A. Wellman drama 72 No Passenger in an aircraft that has to make an emergency landing at sea
1933 The three musketeers
(twelve-part series)
The Three Musketeers Armand Schaefer ,
Colbert Clark
adventure 212 Yes American adventurer who supports three French foreign legionnaires in Africa in the fight against an Arab desert sheikh and falls in love with a woman
1933 Billing in Sonora Somewhere in Sonora Mack V. Wright Western film 58 Yes John Bishop, rodeo rider who, because he is accused of cheating in a rodeo competition, fled to Mexico, where he sneaked into bandits to get his girlfriend's father back the stolen rights to a silver mine
1933 His personal secretary His private secretary Philip H. Whitman comedy 60 Yes Dick Wallace, son of a wealthy entrepreneur who, instead of helping out in the company, has only girls on his mind, falls in love with the pastor's granddaughter and eventually marries her. His father, who doesn't know her, is not enthusiastic about it and throws his son out of the company. She works as a secretary in the company to bring father and son back together.
1933 No German title Life of Jimmy Dolan Archie L. Mayo drama 88 Yes Young boxer Smith (small role)
1933 The man from Monterey The Man From Monterey Mack V. Wright Western film 57 Yes John Holmes, captain of the army, who has to watch over the landowners in Monterey about the observance of the new land laws and helps a farmer to protect his property from a fraudulent neighbor
1933 No German title Baby face Alfred E. Green drama 76 Yes Jimmy McCoy, assistant to a bank manager who finds a job in the bank for an unscrupulous woman who has repeatedly taken advantage of men, whereupon he is abandoned by her because she becomes his boss's mistress
1933 a) Lost Creek Water Rights
b) Riders of Justice
Riders of Destiny Robert N. Bradbury Western film 53 Yes Sandy "Singin" Saunders, government secretary who helps ranchers fight for their water rights by fighting a gang who control the springs that water the valley

Note:
first of 16 consecutive B-westerns of Monogram with the brand Western Lone Star were produced

1933 No German title College coach William A. Wellman drama 76 No Student in a football story
1933 a) His friend, the Desperado
b) Desperado Man
c) Gold in the hills
a) Sagebrush Trail (S / W)
b) An Innocent Man (col)
Armand Schaefer Western film 54 Yes John Brant, innocent cowboy imprisoned for manslaughter, who breaks out of prison, joins a gang of desperado, finds a friend there and finally finds the real culprit
1934 a) The gold of Texas
b) Lucky Texan
c) Lucky Texan in danger
d) The relentless Texan
The Lucky Texan Robert N. Bradbury Western film 55 Yes Jerry Mason, college graduate, who goes to the West, there with the old friend of his deceased friend comes across a rich gold vein, has to defend it against criminals and in the process solves a robbery
1934 Downstream West of the Divide Robert N. Bradbury Western film 53 Yes Ted Hayden in search of his father's murderer and kidnapper of his younger brother. He disguises himself as an outlaw, sneaks into bandits and wins the trust of the gang leader
1934 a) Showdown at the Adler Pass
b) Avengers of the West
c) Gold in the clouds
d) Stolen goods
a) Blue Steel S / W)
b) Stolen Goods (col)
Robert N. Bradbury Western film 54 Yes John Carruthers, US marshal in disguise, who clears a city under which a rich gold vein lies, about which the civilian population knows nothing, of bandits and gold-addicted traders
1934 rodeo The Man from Utah Robert N. Bradbury Western film 52 Yes John Weston, rodeo rider, who turns down the post of sheriff to uncover a large-scale fraud at the rodeo in which rodeo riders are killed with poisoned needles
1934 a) The lone rider
b) Randy's fatal ride
Randy Rides Alone Harry Fraser Western film 53 Yes Randy Bowers, falsely accused of robbery and murder, who escapes from prison with the help of a woman and seeks the real killer
1934 a) US Marshal John
b) The Relentless
c) The Shadow
d) He wore a star
e) Man of the Law
The Star Packer Robert N. Bradbury Western film 53 Yes As the new citizen of a city terrorized by bandits, John Travers accepts the sheriff position offered to him, clears up with the bandits and exposes their secret leaders
1934 a) They kill for gold
b) Greed for gold
The Trail Beyond Robert N. Bradbury Western film 55 Yes Rod Drew is defending a gold mine in the Canadian forests against bandits, is on the search for a missing girl and helps his half-blood friend innocently wanted for murder
1934 a) The law of the fittest
b) Land without a law
c) The lone avenger
Lawless Frontier Robert N. Bradbury Western film 52 Yes John Tobin, avenger of his parents who were murdered by a Mexican bandit, with an old friend of his parents and his daughter helping him
1934 Under the Arizona sky 'Neath the Arizona Skies Harry Fraser Western film 52 Yes Chris Morrell, guardian of a half-blood girl, the heiress of an oil-rich region, who searches for her missing father, where she and a woman are kidnapped by bandits
1935 Adventure in Texas Texas Terror Robert N. Bradbury Western film 53 Yes John Higgins, a small town sheriff who willingly drops his sheriff's star because he believes he is to blame for a farmer's death
1935 In the valley of the rainbow Rainbow Valley Robert N. Bradbury Western film 52 Yes John Martin comes to Rainbow Valley as a government secretary, where he works as a road builder to deal with bandits who are sabotaging the construction of the road through the mountains
1935 a) The Rodeo Heist
b) Desert Trail
Desert Trail Collin Lewis Western film 54 Yes John Scott, rodeo star, who, together with his friend, a gambler, is suspected of having carried out a robbery, but can then find the real culprit
1935 a) Horsemen in the twilight
b) Friends
c) The man without mercy
d) The mysterious horseman
e) Gunfighter
a) The Dawn Rider (S / W)
b) Cold Vengeance (col)
Robert N. Bradbury Western film 54 Yes John Mason, cowboy trying to find his father's killer, who was killed in a robbery on an express office. He recognizes him in his new girlfriend's former boyfriend.
1935 a) Fire water and fresh flowers
b) The Trail of Death
c) Paradise Ranch
a) Paradise Canyon (S / W)
b) Guns Along the Trail (col)
Carl Pierson Western film 53 Yes John Wyatt, government secret agent fighting smugglers between Mexico and America. He travels the country with the main suspect, a man with a medical show, and his daughter.
1935 Westward! Westward Ho! Robert N. Bradbury Western film 61 Yes John Wyatt, leader of the Singing Riders fighting bandits who murdered his parents

Note:
First of eight high-end B-Westerns produced by the newly founded Republic Pictures , which Monogram was split up in 1935

1935 Flaming border The New Frontier Carl Pierson Western film 57 Yes John Dawson, leader of a settlers' trek to a newly founded town, where upon arrival he learns that his father, the sheriff, was murdered in the course of his office
1935 a) Valley of Fear
b) Highnoon in Helltown
Lawless Range Robert N. Bradbury Western film 55 Yes John Middleton has come to town to help out indebted ranchers to visit an old friend of his father's. There he fights against property speculators who want to take over the gold-bearing land
1936 No German title The Oregon Trail Scott Pembroke Western film 59 Yes John Delmont, captain taking leave of the army to find the kidnappers of a supply line and the murderer of his father, who was its leader
1936 Land of the future The Lawless Nineties Joseph Kane Western film 58 Yes John Tipton, secret agent of the government, who is sent to Wyog to oversee the referendum on the annexation of the territory to the United States
1936 The King of Pecos King of the Pecos Joseph Kane Western film 55 Yes John Clayborn, lawyer who uses the code of law and the gun to get the once crooked land back from a big ranger who had his parents brutally shot at the time
1936 As if blown with the wind The Lonely Trail Joseph Kane Western film 58 Yes John Ashley, returnees from the Civil War who exposes the Texas Police Department to the military governor's criminal acts that are terrorizing the population
1936 a) Winds of the Wild
b) Storms in the Wild West
a) Winds of the Wasteland (S / W)
b) Stagecoach Run (col)
Mack V. Wright Western film 57 Yes As the former rider of the Pony Express courier, John Blair unknowingly buys what later turns out to be a worthless stagecoach line to a ghost town, which he helps to revive
1936 No German title The Sea Spoilers George Waggner adventure 63 Yes Bob Randall, the captain of a Coast Guard cutter, looking for his fiancée who was kidnapped from a luxury yacht, and putting an end to fur smugglers

Note:
Beginning of a series of six adventure and war films for Universal Studios

1936 No German title Conflict David Howard drama 59 Yes Pat Glendon, prize boxer, who gets on the wrong track by discussing the outcome of fights with another prize boxer and being converted by a reporter
1937 No German title California straight ahead Arthur Lubin drama 67 Yes Biff Smith, former school bus driver and manager of a trucking company that transports aircraft parts across the country and wins a railroad race
1937 a) Bombs over the Orient
b) On a dangerous mission
I Cover The War Arthur Lubin drama 68 Yes Bob Adams, a cameraman for a newsreel company in North Africa in the 1930s, who is supposed to take pictures of a leader of the insurgents and in the process exposes two competing newsreels as arms smugglers
1937 No German title Idol of the Crowds Arthur Lubin drama 58 Yes Johnny Hanson, owner of a chicken farm, who becomes a player on a hockey team to get more money to expand his farm. He fights against betting fraudsters who want to bribe him.
1937 a) The treasure on the seabed
b) Night of horror
Adventures End Arthur Lubin adventure 63 Yes Duke Slade, pearl diver in the South Pacific who is on the run from islanders whose forbidden waters he entered. He can suppress a mutiny on an American whaler.
1937 The Wyoming gambling den a) Born to the West
b) Hell Town
Stuart Anthony Western film 59 Yes Dare Rudd, cowboy who is sent on a dangerous cattle hunt by his cousin because he was too interested in his girlfriend. With great exertion, he can lead the trek to its destination.
1938 Friends in the saddle Pals of the Saddle George Sherman Western film 56 Yes Stony Brooke, one of the three musketeers who helps an American secret agent to put down agents and smugglers from abroad who want to smuggle Monium across the Mexican border for the production of poisonous gas

Note:
First part of eight in a Three Mesquiteers series starring John Wayne. In another 43 westerns in the series, John Wayne did not take part.

1938 Gold in the clouds Overland Stage Raiders George Sherman Western film 55 Yes Stony Brooke, one of the three musketeers, a partner in a private airline company, who has to deal with the kidnappers of one of the company's planes hired by a bus operator
1938 Uprising in Santa Fe Santa Fe Stampede George Sherman Western film 55 Yes Stony Brooke, one of the three musketeers and a gold digger's assistant. The corrupt mayor and his helpers want to rob the country where the gold digger struck gold
1938 Fight on the red river Red River Range George Sherman Western film 58 Yes Stony Brooke, one of the three musketeers hired by the governor to stop cattle thieves. As an allegedly escaped convict, he smuggles himself into the gang
1939 a) Ringo
b) Infernal journey to Santa Fé
Stagecoach John Ford Western film 96 Yes Ringo Kid, escaped prisoner, tries to find those who brought him to prison with their false testimony. He fights Apaches on a stagecoach ride, falls in love with a woman and is finally able to rehabilitate himself.

Note:
Two Oscars for Best Supporting Role and Best Music Editing, plus five other nominations

1939 a) Horsemen in the night
b) Terror horsemen in the night
The Night Riders George Sherman Western film 58 Yes Stony Brooke, one of the three musketeers fighting a fraudulent landowner who has recruited his own private army to terrorize the area's small farmers
1939 The stars of Texas Three Texas Steers George Sherman Western film 58 Yes Stony Brooke, one of the three musketeers and helper to the heiress of a circus and a ranch, with which she does not make a profit and which she threatens to lose into the hands of criminals
1939 The Wyoming Bandit Wyoming outlaw George Sherman Western film 58 Yes Stony Brooke, one of the three musketeers and helpers of the impoverished and unemployed rural population who are exploited by corrupt politicians
1939 Water for Arizona a) New Frontier
b) Frontier Horizon
George Sherman Western film 57 Yes Stony Brooke, one of the three musketeers and cowboy who helps a town's residents who are about to be relocated because of the construction of a reservoir. So that they are not cut off from the water supply, he enforces the construction of a water pipeline.
1939 a) Black River
b) The man from the Black River
Allegheny Uprising William A. Seiter Western film 81 Yes James Jim Smith in 1759 as a settler in the British colony of Pennsylvania, with the other settlers in the fight against a trader who supplied the Indians with weapons
1940s
1940 Black command Dark Command Raoul Walsh Western film 93 Yes Bob Shortcut Seton, newly elected marshal in battle with his rival candidate, William Cantrell , an insurgent southerner and teacher who terrorized the population with his gang during the Civil War and has the same girlfriend
1940 No German title a) Three Faces West
b) The Refuge
Bernard Vorhaus drama 79 Yes John Philips, Dakota farmer, who helps an Austrian doctor and his daughter, who broke out of a German concentration camp and fled from the Nazis , in their new home
1940 The long way to Cardiff The Long Voyage Home John Ford War Movie 105 Yes Ole Olsen, Swedish seaman who traveled on a freighter from the Caribbean with a stop in the United States to England to pick up weapons and became a farmer there during World War II

Note:
The film had six Academy Award nominations.

1940 The house of seven sins Seven Sinners Tay Garnett comedy 87 Yes Dan Brent, Navy lieutenant in the United States, who wants to quit naval service because of an attractive Tingeltangelsinger ( Marlene Dietrich ) in order to marry her
1941 No German title A man betrayed John H. Auer drama 81 Yes Lynn Hollister, lawyer who wants to put an end to a criminal politician and who has to solve the murder of his friend in the nightclub environment
1941 No German title Lady From Louisiana Bernard Vorhaus drama 82 Yes John Reynolds, young lawyer who falls in love with the daughter of a lottery boss on a Mississippi steamer and later fights against the gambling mafia
1941 Cursed land The Shepard of the Hills Henry Hathaway Western film 98 Yes Matt Matthews, distiller in a mountain region looking for his father, who abandoned his late mother to kill him. His hatred also prevents the marriage of a woman who loves him.

Note:
John Wayne's first color film

1942 No German title Lady for a night Leigh Jason drama 87 Yes Jackson "Jack" Morgan, gambler on a Mississippi steamer; his girlfriend, entertainer and co-owner of a casino, wants to get married in better circumstances in order to gain access to upper society in Memphis .
1942 Pirates in the Caribbean Sea Reap the Wild Wind Cecil B. DeMille adventure 123 Yes Jack Stuart, captain of a ship in the Caribbean who fights for a woman and even lets his opponent's ship sink, but sacrifices himself for his opponent in the fight against a giant octopus.

Note:
Oscar in the Best Visual Effects category

1942 a) The privateer
b) Fists as hard as steel
The spoilers Ray Enright Western film 87 Yes Roy Glennister, owner of the largest gold mine in a city in Alaska that is being robbed of the mine, and lover of a feisty saloon owner ( Marlene Dietrich )
1942 a) The Boston Daredevil
b) California Gold Rush
In Old California William C. McGann Western film 88 Yes Tom “Bosten” Craig, a resident pharmacist from Boston, who assists the exploited settlers of California in the fight for their rights by fighting their enemy, the most powerful man in town, and his girlfriend falls in love with him
1942 Enterprise Tiger Leaping Flying Tigers David Miller War Movie 101 Yes Jim Gordon, commander of a squadron of a volunteer unit of the American Air Force , the Flying Tigers , which fought on China's side against Japan before the United States entered World War II
1942 No German title Reunion in France Jules Dassin drama 104 Yes Pat Talbot, RAF pilot who escaped from a German prison camp in Nazi- conquered Paris during World War II, who wants to get to non-occupied France
1942 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Lewis Seiler drama 91 Yes Charles "Pittsburgh" Markham starts a company as a miner with his boyfriend and their mutual friend. After the break with his friends, he loses everything, then goes into himself, starts a new life as a small worker in the armaments industry and works his way up again.
1943 a) Tough guys - steep teeth
b) The Wild West Cavalier
A lady takes a chance William A. Seiter Western film 86 Yes Duke Hudkins rodeo helps an adventurous New York bank employee who missed her bus because of him to get to the next town and falls in love with her
1943 Oklahoma Hell a) In Old Oklahoma
b) War of the Wildcats
Albert S. Rogell Western film 102 Yes Daniel F. Dan Somers, cowboy and Indian friend, who was allowed to drill for oil on Indian land in 1906, fell in love with a former teacher and fought against a representative of the oil industry
1944 Alert in the Pacific The Fighting Seabees Edward Ludwig War Movie 99 Yes Wedge Donovan, civil engineer who heads an unarmed construction crew, the Seabees of the United States Navy , in the Pacific Ocean, which are repeatedly exposed to attacks by the Japanese
1944 a) With rifle and lasso
b) The avenger of the disinherited
c) In Arizona all hell is going on
d) The stranger from Arizona
e) Stuck in the saddle
f) Rancher in need
Tall in the saddle Edwin L. Marin Western film 95 Yes Rocklin comes to a town as a stranger and is supposed to be employed as a foreman for a rancher. He is murdered before he even arrives. The foreman later turns out to be his rightful heir.
1945 a) San Francisco Lilly
b) Earthquake in San Francisco
Flame of the Barbary Coast Joseph Kane Western film 91 Yes Duke Fergus, rancher who, in San Francisco, collects money from one of his people who lost it in a fraudulent game of roulette. He then gambled away all his money himself and in the end he could lead the woman of his heart home.
1945 a) Steel storm
b) Two strike back
Back to Bataan Edward Dmytryk War Movie 95 Yes Joseph Madden, American infantry colonel during World War II, who, with the help of a Filipino captain ( Anthony Quinn ), puts together a guerrilla force to continue fighting the Japanese after the US Army withdrew from the Philippines
1945 a) Love in the wild
b) Blood on the Fargo River
c) Cowboy love
d) Burning prairie
Dakota Joseph Kane Western film 82 Yes John Devlin, gambler and cowboy who runs away with the daughter of a railroad owner to Dakota, where they are being robbed of their savings. He's helping the farmers rise up against an unscrupulous property speculator.
1945 a) Speedboats in front of Bataan
b) A lost pile
They Were Expendable John Ford War Movie 135 Yes “Rusty” Ryan, Lieutenant in the United States Navy , who, as a speedboat captain, delivers a bitter sea battle to the Japanese in the Philippines
1946 No German title Without reservation Mervin LeRoy comedy 101 Yes Rusty Thomas, naval aviator, who during a train ride to Hollywood meets an anonymously traveling bestselling author who wants to win him over as the leading actor for her film
1947 The black rider Angel and the Badman James Edward Grant Western film 100 Yes Quirt Evans, a lawless gunslinger who wants to quit shooting and marry a Quaker after being nursed to health by her after being shotgun. But his past catches up with him.

Note:
First film produced by John Wayne himself

1947 Tycoon Tycoon Richard Wallace adventure 129 Yes Johnny Munroe, a railroad engineer who is building a railway line through the Andes in South America for an industrial tycoon with whom he gets into trouble over time
1948 a) To the last man
b) Fight for the Apache fort
Fort Apache John Ford Western film 128 Yes Kirby York, long-serving cavalry captain, who is facing a career-addicted colonel in his fort, who was promoted to general during the civil war, but was demoted again after the end of the war
1948 a) Red River
b) Panic at the Red River
Red River Howard Hawks Western film 133 Yes Tom Dunson, hard-hearted rancher who gets into a serious conflict with his adopted son during a large cattle run , the first Chisholm Trail with over 9,000 cattle and a distance of almost 1,000 kilometers

Note:
Two Oscar nominations, for Best Editing and Best Original Screenplay

1948 traces in the sand Three Godfathers John Ford Western film 106 Yes Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower, bank robber on the run, who with his two cronies in the desert saves the life of a baby whose mother has died
1949 a) Under the spell of the red witch
b) The secret of the red witch
Wake of the Red Witch Edward Ludwig adventure 107 Yes Ralls, American adventurer who lies in the South Seas in an ambitious battle with a competitor for a mysterious pearl treasure of the natives, whereby both fall in love with the same woman.
1949 The devil captain She Wore a Yellow Ribbon John Ford Western film 104 Yes Nathan Cutting Brittles, old cavalry captain, who shortly before his retirement has one last job to do, whereby he can prevent the war with the Indians

Note:
Oscar for best color photography

1949 At the last second The Fighting Kentuckian George Waggner Western film 100 Yes John Breen, Kentucky Riflemen Civil Militia officer who solves the murder of a surveyor and helps wealthy French refugees who have settled there
1949 a) You were our comrade
b) Death squad
c) Iwo Jim, the great battle
Sands of Iwo Jima Allan Dwan War Movie 109 Yes John M. Stryker, seasoned sergeant in the US Navy, who is mostly hated by his men because of his harsh training methods, fights the Japanese with his unit in the Philippines and intervenes decisively in the Battle of Iwojima

Note:
Oscar nomination for John Wayne for Best Actor

1950s
1950 a) Rio Grande
b) Colonel York
Rio Grande John Ford Western film 105 Yes Kirby Yorke during the Civil War as an aging lieutenant colonel in a cavalry force in a Texas fort, with the task of protecting the border river to Mexico against Indians and outlaws
1951 Company sea eagles Operation Pacific George Waggner War Movie 109 Yes Duke E. Gifford as the commander of a submarine in the Pacific Ocean during the Second World War, who performed various missions but also oversees the development of torpedoes
1951 a) Steel wings
b) Wildcat Fighter Squadron
c) Guadalcanal - decision in the Pacific
Flying Leathernecks Nicholas Ray War Movie 102 Yes Daniel Xavier Dan Kirby, major during World War II in the South Pacific who, as an uncompromising commander, commands naval fighter pilots, struggles with a companionable captain who is popular with everyone
1952 a) The winner
b) The cat with the red hair
The Quiet Man John Ford comedy 129 Yes Sean Thornton, former American boxer who returns to his home village in Ireland, falls in love with the sister of his enemy neighbor and marries her; there are problems with the dowry.

Note:
The film received two Academy Awards and five other nominations

1952 marijuana Big Jim McLain Edward Ludwig Thriller 90 Yes Jim McLain, investigator for the Un-American Activities Committee , a commission for the persecution of communists, hunting down a communist spy ring in Hawaii
1953 Trouble down the line Trouble Along the Way Michael Curtiz comedy 110 Yes Steve Aloysius Williams, coach who most recently worked as a bookmaker. He uses unorthodox methods to help a church college football team get the school out of financial difficulties.
1953 The last signal Island in the Sky William A. Wellman adventure 109 Yes Dooley, a former army pilot who makes an emergency landing with his transport plane in the icy Labrador and has to hold out in the wilderness with his people until the rescue teams arrive
1953 I am called Hondo Hondo John Farrow Western film 83 Yes Hondo Lane, courier rider of the cavalry, who falls into the power of the Apaches when he tries to protect a woman who has waited until the end for the return of her brutal husband and who reminds him of his deceased Indian wife, and wants to protect her young son

Note:
Two Academy Award nominations for the film. The only 3D film that John Wayne appears in.

1954 Day comes again and again The High and the Mighty William A. Wellman Disaster
film
147 Yes Dan Roman, World War II veteran, co-pilot of a passenger plane that catches fire over the Pacific Ocean due to an engine explosion on its way to San Francisco

Note:
Oscar for Best Score and five other nominations

1955 The sea fox The Sea Chase John Farrow War Movie 117 Yes Karl Ehrlich, officer in the German Navy in World War II, who, because of Adolf Hitler's disgrace, is only used as the captain of a blockade breaker and is pursued by the Royal Navy .
1955 The yellow stream Blood Alley William A. Wellman adventure 115 Yes Tom Wilder, American captain in China, who takes on a dangerous mission and exiles Red Chinese by ferry across a river to Hong Kong
1956 a) The conqueror
b) The barbarians
The Conqueror Dick Powell adventure 111 Yes Temujin in the 12th century as a leader of the Mongols, who after hard fighting, atrocities and the unification of Mongolian tribes to the dreaded Genghis Khan is

Note:
The outdoor footage was downwind of the Nevada National Security Site nuclear test site . Forty-six people, including John Wayne, died of cancer over the next 30 years .

1956 The black hawk The Searchers John Ford Western film 119 Yes Ethan Edwards, adventurer who, after the Civil War, in which he participated for a long time, joins the Texas Rangers in search of his niece kidnapped by the Comanches and wages a ruthless campaign of revenge
1957 Like the eagle The Wings of Eagles John Ford Melodrama 110 Yes Frank W. “Spig” 'Wead, excellent naval aviator in World War II, who initially wants to set up his own aviation department, but then, being paralyzed by an accident, becomes a scriptwriter and naval consultant
1957 Jet fighter Jet pilot Josef von Sternberg War Movie 113 Yes Jim Shannon, Colonel in the United States Air Force , who falls in love with and later marries an asylum seeker from the Soviet Union who escaped with a jet fighter. After she was found to be a spy, he in turn spies in the Soviet Union for the United States.

Note:
The film did not hit theaters until seven years after production, at a time when the jet fighter used was already considered obsolete. Producer Howard Hughes worked on the film for years after the shooting ended.

1957 City of the Lost Legend of the Lost Henry Hathaway adventure 108 Yes Joe January, American adventurer who is hired by a French in Timbuktu to search for his father as a guide through the desert and is accompanied by a woman ( Sophia Loren ).
1958 Left and right of the double bed I married a woman Hal Kanter comedy 84 No John Wayne plays himself in a brief guest appearance in a movie-within-a-movie sequence
1958 The barbarian and the geisha The Barbarian and the Geisha John Huston adventure 105 Yes Townsend Harris , American diplomat in Japan who, as ambassador of the United States in 1856, tried to prepare trade relations with the government
1959 Rio Bravo Rio Bravo Howard Hawks Western film 141 Yes John T. Chance, sheriff in a town ruled by an influential rancher. He arrests his brother, who has committed a murder and whom the rancher's people want to free
1959 The last command The Horse Soldiers John Ford Western film 119 Yes John Marlowe, Colonel of the Northern States during the Civil War, who has to bring his people to Baton Rouge through Confederate territory , destroying railways and bridges
1960s
1960 Alamo The Alamo John Wayne Western film 202 Yes Davy Crockett , Colonel, who fights the Mexican militia for independence from Texas with William Travis and Jim Bowie ( Richard Widmark ) in the fortified mission station Alamo

Note:
Oscar for Best Sound , plus six nominations, including John Wayne for Best Picture . John Wayne's only directorial work.

1960 Land of a thousand adventures North to Alaska Henry Hathaway Western film 122 Yes Sam McCord runs a gold mine in Alaska with his partner ( Stewart Granger ) and his brother. He has to endure various adventures; a woman creates confusion
1961 The Comancheros The Comancheros Michael Curtiz Western film 107 Yes Jake Cutter as captain of the Texas Rangers in the fight against the Comancheros, unscrupulous white outlaws who supply the Indians with alcohol and weapons
1962 The man who shot Liberty Valance The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance John Ford Western film 123 Yes As a gunslinger, Tom Doniphon saves the life of a lawyer ( James Stewart ) by shooting his opponent in the duel unnoticed. As a supposed duel winner, the lawyer then made a political rise to the highest offices.
1962 Hatari! Hatari! Howard Hawks adventure 157 Yes Sean Mercer as one of several wildlife trappers at a large game trapping station in Tanzania that traps animals for various zoos. He falls in love with a photographer from Switzerland.

Note:
Oscar nomination for Best Camera .

1962 The longest day The Longest Day Ken Annakin ,
Andrew Marton ,
Bernhard Wicki ,
Darryl F. Zanuck
War Movie 178 Yes Benjamin H. Vandervoort , Lieutenant Colonel of an American parachutist squad who lands in France at night to prepare for the 1944 invasion of Normandy by the Western Allies .

Note:
The film received two Academy Awards and three other nominations.

1963 That was the wild west How the West Was Won John Ford ,
Henry Hathaway ,
George Marshall ,
Richard Thorpe
Western film 165 Yes William Tecumseh Sherman talks to General Grant about the sense and nonsense of war in a short sequence as the famous general of the Northern States during the American Civil War

Note:
The film received three Academy Awards and five other nominations.

1963 The Tahiti harbor pub Donovan's Reef John Ford comedy 109 Yes Michael Patrick Guns Donovan, a former United States Navy soldier and real warrior who never avoids a fight, opens a bar in Tahiti after World War II .
1963 MacLintock McLintock! Andrew V. McLaglen Western film 127 Yes George Washington McLintock, the region's largest rancher and banker, who has an argument with his wife ( Maureen O'Hara ), who left him two years ago and is demanding a divorce
1963 no German title The Challenge of Ideas Propaganda film 30th Yes Together with other stars, John Wayne tries to warn against the influence of communism.
1964 a) Circus world
b) Hero of the arena
c) Circus world
Circus World Henry Hathaway drama 138 Yes Matt Masters, circus manager who toured Europe in 1910 to put on his one-of-a-kind Wild West show, had problems there and was in search of his former lover ( Rita Hayworth )
1965 The greatest story of all time The Greatest Story Ever Told George Stevens drama 221 Yes Roman centurion in two short sequences accompanying Jesus Christ on the Way of the Cross and at the crucifixion

Note:
The film received five Academy Award nominations.

1965 First win In Harm's Way Otto Preminger War Movie 167 Yes Rockwell Rock Torrey, captain on a United States Navy cruiser headquartered in the Pacific Ocean, who has to coordinate the counterattack after the attack on Pearl Harbor and falls in love with a nurse

Note:
An Oscar nomination for Best Best Camera .

1965 The four sons of Katie Elder The Sons of Katie Elder Henry Hathaway Western film 122 Yes John Elder, gunslinger who returns after a long time on the day of his mother's funeral and, together with his three brothers (including Dean Martin ), solves the murder of his father, who was cheated of the ranch shortly before his death
1966 a) The giant's shadow
b) Commander Stones - your best man
c) Cast a big shadow
Cast a giant shadow Melville Shavelson War Movie 138 Yes Mike Randolph) in 1947 in the trouble spot of Palestine as general and superior of an American Colonel ( Kirk Douglas ), who is supposed to train the Israeli army
1967 The mighty ones The War Wagon Burt Kennedy Western film 101 Yes Taw Jackson, outlaw and gunslinger, who, together with another gunslinger ( Kirk Douglas ), who actually has the job of killing him, and two other friends plans and carries out an attack on a heavily secured and armored gold transport
1966 El Dorado El Dorado Howard Hawks Western film 126 Yes Cole Thornton, gunslinger who is hired by a rancher who intimidates the settlers in the area, who turns it down, then meets an old friend ( Robert Mitchum ), the local sheriff, and connects with him against the rancher
1968 The green devils The Green Berets John Wayne ,
Ray Kellogg
War Movie 142 Yes Mike Kirby, Colonel of the US Special Forces Green Berets , who has set up a command post in Vietnam and in the constant battle against the Viet Cong is
1968 The intrepid Hellfighters Andrew V. McLaglen Action 121 Yes Chance Buckman, head of a company that specializes in extinguishing burning oil wells, and has the task of getting oil wells caught on fire back under control around the world, with repeated problems
1969 The Marshal True grit Henry Hathaway Western film 128 Yes Reuben J. Rooster Cogburn, a drunkard Marshall, a one-eyed warrior who helps a girl who hired him to catch her father's killer, with a Texas ranger to assist them

Note:
John Wayne received his only Academy Award for Best Actor

1969 The undefeated The Undefeated Andrew V. McLaglen Western film 118 Yes John Henry Thomas, Northern Colonel, embroiled in the Mexican Revolution shortly after the American Civil War, along with a Confederate Colonel ( Rock Hudson ), an enemy from earlier years
1970s
1970 Chisum Chisum Andrew V. McLaglen Western film 111 Yes John Simpson Chisum, the largest farmers and ranchers in New Mexico in 1878, fighting a ruthless banker, with his Pat Garrett , a former sheriff and the gunslinger Billy the Kid help
1970 Rio Lobo Rio Lobo Howard Hawks Western film 114 Yes Cord McNally as Colonel of the Northern States who, together with a captain of the Southern States, searches for the culprits of a robbery and the murder of a friend after the civil war
1971 Big Jake Big Jake George Sherman Western film 110 Yes Jacob Big Jake McCandles, rancher, whose wife ( Maureen O'Hara ) is attacked by criminals in his estate, where he last stayed over 18 years ago, and whose grandson he wants to free is kidnapped by them
1972 The cowboys The cowboys Mark Rydell Western film 134 Yes Will Andersen, a rancher who has to train a few boys to drove a big trek because his cowboys have left him because of the gold rush. He then has to assert himself against a dangerous gang
1973 Dirty gold The Train Robbers Burt Kennedy Western film 92 Yes Lane, an aging gunslinger who is hired by a young widow to find the booty from her husband's train robbery, and has to face a gang with his group that has the same goal
1973 Vultures have no mercy Cahill US Marshal Andrew V. McLaglen Western film 102 Yes JD Cahill, one of the most feared marshals in the Wild West and father of two underage sons who helped a crook in a bank robbery and want to reconcile with their father who is looking for the bank robbers
1974 McQ strikes McQ John Sturges Action 111 Yes Lon McQ, Seattle Police Detective Lieutenant, who uses unconventional means to investigate and relentlessly deals with the boss of a drug gang
1975 Brannigan - a man of steel Brannigan Douglas Hickox Thriller 111 Yes Jim Brannigan, rough-hewn police officer from Chicago, who is supposed to bring a criminal arrested by Scotland Yard back to Chicago from London , using very unconventional methods
1975 a) With dynamite and pious sayings
b) Rooster Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn and the Lady Stuart Millar Western film 107 Yes Reuben Rooster Cogburn, again a one-eyed marshal, who takes up the pursuit of a pastor's murderers , helped by the murdered man's elderly daughter ( Katharine Hepburn ), a Bible-based missionary
1976 a) The last sniper
b) The sniper
c) The shootist
The shootist Don Siegel Western film 99 Yes Aging gunslinger John Bernard Books, who learned he had terminal cancer, briefly finds peace in the arms of a good-natured woman, but his past overtakes him and eventually faces one final duel in which both he and his own Adversaries perish

Note:
The film received an Oscar nomination

literature

  • Peter Osteried: The great John Wayne book. Mpw, 2010, ISBN 3-931608-99-9 .
  • George Carpozi: John Wayne. His films - his life (The John Wayne Story). Heyne, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-453-86071-3 .
  • Mark Ricci, Boris Zmijewsky, Steve Zmijewsky: John Wayne and his films (The Films of John Wayne). Goldmann, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-442-10202-2 .

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